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IN THIS ISSUE: Articles & Interviews Business & Real Estate Radio Show: As part of our ‘Champagne Sunday’s’ online radio show, we recently aired a special ‘Business & Real Estate Show’. What a great show – it was packed with advice and tips, from the pros including Lisa Marie Platske who talked about creating balance; Joanne Victoria shared how to Create a Vision for your Business; Juan E. Zuniga discussed doing Business and Buying Real Estate in Mexico; Joan Burns gave us some great ideas on how to plan Green & Earth-friendly Business Events; and Laurie Hallihan explained Business Insurance Policies. Some of them also answered questions from our readers. To listen to the show - Click Here. Fundraising Events – Helping the Cause: Many organizations, especially non-profits, have the need to raise money. Most fundraising is event driven, and Joan Burns our Event Planning Guru, how events can bring an organization new money, superb public relations, potential new donors and volunteers, and serve as an opportunity to build team spirit among volunteers and staff. Read more. Networking New Friends …Sooner Than Later! Do the risks out weigh the gains when it comes to referring new business? Gerry Rose shows how being open to new referrals and being quick about referring new friends will affect your bottom line in a positive way. Read more. Time Management Principles for Home-Based Working Moms: Crunched for time and need some flexibility? Lesley Spencer Pyle shares some helpful time management principles for work-at-home Moms. Click Here. Freedom Fighters - Saying “no” is often much more difficult than saying “yes”….to almost anything. Lisa Marie Platske explains how the value of being honest with yourself guides you to make better decisions for your life, and career or business. Read more. A Simple Plan For Your Life: Joanne Victoria shares how taking care of yourself, dealing with anger, staying in touch with clients and friends, and being truthful, are four core values worth living by. Read more. Pushy For a Moment- Instant Solutions to Everyday Challenges is a great new book by Joanne Victoria and Romanus Wolter. It will help you start taking action when your instincts tell you you should--but you have reservations. Read More. Business, Career, Computer & Finance Seminars - Yuma, AZ: The Yuma Civic Center is hosting a series of seminars to help your business and career, improve your leadership and teambuilding, develop your people skills, broaden your computer knowledge, improve your grammar, help with estate planning and more. Click Here for Details.	Hot Links Advertising. Marketing & Promotion Articles. Reviews & Interviews Business & Career Opportunities Education, Coaches & Consultants Finance & Insurance Meeting, Conference & Convention Facilities & Services Real Estate & Mortgage Shops & Services Need More Traffic to Your Website? Proven Ways that will Increase your Website Traffic & Boost your Sales Click here. For your next business retreat, affordable and wonderful Grand Canyon tours in the Southwestern United States are available today at GrandCanyon.com. Book a trip and fly today. For the Business Tip of the Month by Gerry Rose, click here. For Gerry's article of the month, click here. For more about Gerry, click here. For Lisa Marie Platske's article of the month, please click here. For more about Lisa Marie, click here. Ask Al Knight...Every month Al answers a question about Health Insurance. Read more... For more about Al, please click here. For Joanne Victoria's article of the month, please click here. For more about Joanne, please click here. For Joan Burn's article of the month, please click here. For more about Joan, please click here. For Lesley Spencer Pyle's article of the month, please click here. For more about Lesley, click here, Need More Traffic to Your Website? Proven Ways that will Increase your Website Traffic & Boost your Sales - Click here. Make sure to sign up for The Burro Express, have our articles delivered right to you! It also qualifies you to enter our Bi-Annual Bonanza Prize Giveaway!
Juan E. Zúñiga, the founder and owner of Cross Border Law Group, P.C., a law firm serving clients in the promotion, investment, development and protection of their international businesses. To listen to his interview – Click Here.
What Should You Look for in a Business Insurance Policy? On our recent Business Radio Show, we interviewed Laurie Hallihan about what to look for in a business insurance policy. Laurie runs a professional insurance and financial services office in San Diego that sells, advises and services their customer's needs through State Farm's products and services. Read more.
Where Did Your Federal Dollars Go in 2006? The federal government disbursed $2.45 trillion in domestic spending in 2006, according to two reports published by the U.S. Census Bureau. That represented a 7.5 percent increase in federal spending over 2005. Read more.
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